"Sometimes a franchise just has a big, black mark over it and no amount of wishful thinking can turn the tide..."-Jaap Still

"Brilliant use of an instructional picture book."-Kyle in Newport News

"Does Met$tra have a gambling problem?"-Erik Love

"Hasta la vista baby. I throw up the white flag."-Joe

"I'm still a fan, but enough is enough."-Meet the Mets

"I watch the grass grow - it's more exciting."-David

"Freaking Chipper Jones. I HATE Freaking Chipper Jones."-Dave Murray

"Good God man, what have you done??!! You've released the genie from the bottle. I see the showers and toilets backing up at Shea, emergency landings at LGA, unusual tides in Flushing Bay, and when they break ground for the new stadium the construction gang will unearth and disturb some ancient Indian burial ground for unlucky and cursed members of the Iroquois nation...Blaspheme no more Metstradamus! You are tempting the fates!"-The Metmaster

Friday, October 14, 2005

I remember being asked to pick the one player who, a la Carlos Beltran, was going to overinflate this value by having a great postseason. And I remember thinking about free agent to be Paul Konerko.

But then I thought, if he does go nuts, then the Mets would have to pay through the nose to get him. So I kind of didn't want that to happen. I wound up choosing Brian Giles (out of the playoffs) and Jason Marquis (in the bullpen). But deep down in my heart (and because he's the guy I wanted), I knew who it would be.

And now the guy who would never be able to wear a one and a four in any combination if he came to Queens, keeps ringing that cash register with every swing of the bat.

Cha-ching.

Cha-ching.

Cha-ching.

Hat trick. Three home runs and counting for Paul Konerko this postseason after his first inning blast against the Angels during tonight's Game 3.

It's tough to tell what the Wilpons are doing right now. Salivating? Or choking? Is Paul Konerko pricing himself out of Shea? If Konerko is going to command Manny Money (and wouldn't that be a great promotion at Shea next season..."Manny Money") because of his performance this posteason, then I would think that the Mets, calling everything else equal, would just go after Manny. Of course, all things aren't equal...Manny is four years older and would cost prospects, while Konerko is 30 and would only cost cash. But there's no telling what the Wilpons and Omar Minaya are thinking.

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Mr. Met is a television star.

The reward on this weeks version of the Donald Trump show "The Apprentice" was a chance to take batting practice and hang out with Mr. Met and some members of the New York Mets. The brief clip (obviously filmed earlier in the season), featured Doug Mientkiewicz, David Wright, and of course, the mascot with the big baseball head.

11 comments:

this is exactly the reason im rooting against molina and konerko... as ive said before:

in oakland, they value the undervalued, in queens, they over value flash in the pans and has beens...

truth of the matter is that no matter what anyone says about beltran having a better season next yea.. i truly feel that beltran has warning track power @ shea.. i dont know much about kansas city, but the juice box in houston was a band box...

Mets 2005 payroll $101,305,821(third highest)

wins: 83...

price per win: $1,220,522

i understand piazza's money is coming off the books next year but i cant justify signing another free agent based on a post season

Metstradamus, you may want to check in with Mathstradamus when calculating your sidebar final standings. Last time I checked 83-79 was only 7 games behind 90-72.

Seems to be alot of reporting that Konerko likes Chitown. He's also their only legitimate long-ball threat, of which they need at least one to balance their small ball offense. My money would be on his staying in Pale Hose.